Here is the July 2022 list of New & Updated Gen Knowledge Base Articles (July 1 - July 31, 2022, US EDT)
The full list of KB articles can be found from the Gen Product page: https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdetails?productName=Gen
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Is it possible in Gen to implement CICS COBOL Dynamic Call using EXEC CICS LINK command to call External Action Block (EAB) instead of static COBOL CALL statement? If so, what are to options to be used in generation process to replace static CALL wit....,1. Engineering advised that the Gen construction process has not been enhanced to support making EXEC CICS API calls (e.g. "EXEC CICS LINK") from the generated code. The "EXEC CICS LINK" command could be added to an External Action Block (EAB) becaus....
Gen Java application running against DB2 database. Developers have added new attributes to an existing entity and implemented those attributes in Technical Design/Data Structure List. However the new attributes are not used in the Gen code and will o....,Always ensure that all parts of the application are synchronised e.g. in this scenario the database table is out of sync with the Technical Design/Data Structure List that is used to generate the code. The developers can add new attributes to existin....
Gen generated RMT files don't contain references to triggers and ultimately yield a link failure. XXXXXXXX Link-edit Failed, RC = 12 IEW2456E 9207 SYMBOL XXXXXXXX UNRESOLVED. MEMBER COULD NOT BE INCLUDED FROM THE DESIGNATE....,The following are methods for managing Referential Integrity (RI) when using the workstation Toolset Generator for RMT files. In some instances, RI trigger objects are not brought down to the Toolset within a model or subset and in others they are ac....
Build of Gen 8.5/Gen 8.6 sample model application with Oracle 64-bit client and Build Token OPT.BITS=64 fails to build with "error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _sqlcxt referenced in function _C4CONNECT" in the .out file i.e. 8.5 with Oracle 12....,Build Gen GUI applications with a 32-bit Oracle client. If wanting to build a Gen Windows 64-bit application with a 64-bit Oracle client then a Cooperative Packaged Server Manager load module can be built by setting set the "TP Monitor" generation op....
After upgrading from Gen 8.5 to Gen 8.6, and attempting to build remote file(s) (.RMTs) within the Gen z/OS Implementation Toolset, get the following error during the COMPOSE step of the build process: ' ' is invalid transaction code (l....,The error message received is masking the actual problem after upgrading from Gen 8.5 to 8.6 on the z/OS IT. This is a size/memory issue with the PARMLIB configuration settings for Gen 8.6. Compare the member PARMLIB(TIUIT) in Gen 8.5 versus the Ge....
Trying to generate/build Gen Windows GUI application on Windows 10 using IBM DB2 v10.5 but it failed per below. Is IBM DB2 v10.5 supported for generation? CASCADE.out file shows: === ... ...Precompiling sql in E0005020 CD "D:\models\model1.ief\c\." ....,For Gen 8.6 only DB2 11.x ESE (and subsequent minor versions) is officially supported for Windows code generation. That is per the Gen 8.6 Technical Requirements > Third-Party Software Version section of the documentation. However the DB2 version doe....
Can Gen applications for C & C# (CLR/.NET) connect to SQL Server using Windows authentication instead of SQL Server authentication? Also is it possible for the Build Tool to use Windows authentication when creating a SQL Server database/installing D....,PLEASE NOTE: The below information covers what has been successfully tested by the Gen support team but is not actually officially certified/supported, so is to be used at own risk. APPLICATIONS 1. Windows C Applications: Gen Windows C applications u....
There are a variety of reasons why you may need to modify the REST service URL (aka Base Path) used in the CALL REST statement of your Gen™ action block. For example: the original service URL changed, you are switching from HTTP to HTTPS, or you need....,Option 1: In the Toolset, edit the Call REST statement - Match import parameter to a view This is the recommended option as the change is persisted in the model. The Gen Toolset offers "Configuration.[URL]" REST parameters in the Import REST API para....
Windows 10 Enterprise Visual Studio Professional 2015 with Update 3 Using Gen 8.6 sample model and Window Code Generation for DB2 UDB. The load module GUIMENU fails to build and Review shows GUIMENU.OUT contains LNK2019 error: ===== ... ...Copying C:....,In Gen 8.6 GA file STUBDB2N.SQC did not contain the line: #include That line was added to an updated STUBDB2N.SQC installed with PTF RTN86106/RO98577 which is also included in Gen 8.6 Complete PTF WKS86200/SO09618 which is the current basel....
Gen partner delivered their Gen 8.6 application and runtimes to customer who encountered error: TIRM030E: Application failed - Updates have been backed out CSU-DLL-ERROR: (Sys-126) Attach to tcpcfn.dll failed in function CSUWin32Library::attach.,After installing PTFs RTN86217/LU03130 and RTN86220/LU04696, the problem was resolved. The Gen partner also experienced the same error. They found that the problem was due to the fact that the tcpcfn.dll file from RTN86220/LU04696 had been installed....
Gen 8.6 application receives runtime error : "CSU-DLL-ERROR (Sys-182) Attach to tcpcfn.dll failed". Why is this error message occurring?,The reason that the tcpcfn.dll fails to load can be due to it not being found (absence on the system/machine or it is not in the PATH) or its dependency user exit tcpcxn.dll failing to load. The user exit tcpcxn.dll failing to load can also because i....
Gen 8.5 CSE on AWS server with both Oracle 11g and Oracle 12c 32-bit clients connecting to Oracle 19c database on another AWS server The CSE service CSESvcMD only starts csesvcmd.exe, iefmd.exe and one srv* process srvlock.exe, instead of the usual 7....,1. Check configuration of Oracle 11g 32-bit client tnsnames.ora file in directory "ORACLE_11_CLIENT_HOME\network\admin". tns_alias = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = encynew.cu8af8e46ozl.eu-west-1.rds.amazo....
INLINE CODE for Java. - How to access the HttpServletRequest object, execute methods on that object, and display the results of those methods. - How to modify the contents of a Repeating Group View (RGV).,Inline Code has many benefits over EABs, especially since the code is kept with the model. It is recommended that all new "external" logic to be done with Inline Code instead of EABs, where possible. Here are a few links that might be useful perta....
This article describes the changes provided with the Gen 8.6 Windows CSE PTF CSN86204/SS14886 to support Oracle 19c.,Background: The Windows CSE is still 32-bit software and thus requires using the 32-bit Oracle for Windows client to connect to a 64-bit Oracle database. That connection also requires the use of an Oracle service name via the Oracle TNS Listener. The....
Tried to migrate few objects from our DEV environment to our MOD(production Env) but the migration failed with error below: IET-Assist Migrate, Task T01263 Ency Group: MVPP Start Time: 2018-09-26 10:21:07 Source Model: SOURCE1 Destination Model:....,Migrating two Procedures individually is successful, but when these are combined with other objects, is when this crash occurs. If you splitting the migrations enables the migration to work for the smaller pieces, that says that the models do not hav....
Gen Support testing Gen 8.5 CSE using 32-bit Oracle 11g client to connect to 64-bit Oracle 19c database. Seeing this error at CSE startup: MESSAGE DISPATCHER for CA Gen 8.5 Starting at 2019-11-29 13:06:37 /MDERR = C:\ProgramData\CA\Gen 8.5\logs\CSE\i....,To resolve the problem Gen Support set this property in the Oracle 19c DB server ORACLE_HOME\network\admin\sqlnet.ora file: SQLNET.ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSION_SERVER=8
With Gen z/OS COBOL server applications using the Action Block property "Dynamically Link" reduces the impact of code changes i.e. the user only needs to regenerate changed Common Action Block (CABs) in a normal (non-component) model or component mod....,It is confirmed that the "Dynamically Link" option is only supported for z/OS. Creating a single Operations Library for all Java Common Action Blocks (CABs) in a normal model is supported. However, with the OOTB design of the Build Tool (BT), there i....
This article describes the current support available for using Oracle Database 18c or 19c with Gen 8.6 generated applications and the Client Server Encyclopedia (CSE). It also covers internal support testing done for the Gen 8.5 Client Server Encyclo....,Gen 8.6 Generated Applications Oracle 18c: Gen 8.6 Windows runtime PTF RTN86121/SS08664 (ORACLE 18C SUPPORT) provides the ability to rebuild Gen runtimes aecoran.dll and stuboran.exe for respective Windows C and GUI applications plus the Oracle DDL L....
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Lynn Williams
Senior Principal Support Engineer
Broadcom Software
Australia
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